Pharmaceutical Automation and Digitalisation Congress 2025
RIDE THE DIGITAL WAVE
- Vösendorf, Austria
SPONSORS AND PARTNERS 2025
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KEY HIGHLIGHTS OF THE 5TH ANNIVERSARY CONGRESS:
IN 2025, AUTOMA+ CELEBRATES THE 5TH ANNIVERSARY
We’re pleased to celebrate this milestone with our delegates and, to mark the occasion, we’ve planned a special celebration featuring:
- Celebration Gala Dinner;
- Grand Lottery;
- Insightful sessions and networking opportunities;
- Anniversary Cake and more.
Be a part of our anniversary in Vösendorf, Austria on November 24-25!
Partners of Automa+ 2025
Each year, our esteemed partners play a vital role in the success of AUTOMA+ on regional, national, and global scales. For the 5th anniversary edition of the congress in 2025, we are delighted to announce our collaboration with Merck, ESTEVE, Octapharma, GSK, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co.KG and European Union Agency for the Space Programme as Congress Partners. These companies are leaders in driving digital transformation and innovation within the pharmaceutical industry, and we extend our heartfelt thanks to them for partnering with us!
6 BUSINESS AIMS AUTOMA+ PARTICIPANTS HAVE
We offer different formats of participation to support your digital strategies and objectives in the pharmaceutical industry. These tailored formats provide you with the flexibility to choose the most suitable option that aligns with your current business aims and helps you make the most of your participation in our event.
SPEAKERS 2025
The Congress will focus on innovative industry-led content: digitalisation & automation trends, challenging topics, and newest technologies. AUTOMA+ business programme attracts digital experts from pharma majors, local pharma companies, CMOs/CDMOs, APIs, associations together with pharmaceutical equipment providers and service companies whose case studies cover the ongoing, existing and planned projects devoted to the digital pharma ecosystem.
Thomas Endress
Executive Director, Head of M-Trust™ at Merck
Merck
Ewa Gajewska
Head of Product Management, SYNTHIA™
Merck
Luuk Seelen
Group Director Manufacturing Intelligence
Octapharma
Karel van der Waarde
Researcher
Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts
Christophe Chabbert
Lead Data & AI
Octapharma
Ruth Madlener
Director Tech. Sciences and Material Management
Takeda
Iago-Doel Perez
Data Scientist
Takeda
Stefankai Spoerlein
Digital Lead for Global Product Teams
Bayer AG
Denis Nicklas
Founder/ Managing Director
anic GmbH
Stefan Schwarzfischer
Executive Director
PharmaLedger Association
Luc Duijsens
Global Head of Digital Quality Operations
Acino Pharma AG
Jochen Baumeister
Head of Behavioral Science & Data Science
Sandoz
Tony Watson
Director of Procurement
Accord Healthcare
Zisis Kozlakidis
Head, Laboratory Services and Biobanking
IARC/WHO
Alissa Monk
Head of Sustainability
ten23 health
Alessandro Raimondo
Head of Digital Health
CERN - the European Laboratory for Particle Physics
Margarida Batista
Omnichannel Operations Lead (UKINOR)
Grünenthal Group
Roberto Zerbi
Global BDM - Consumer Packaged Goods - Life Science and Food & Beverage
Watlow
Nandan Kulkarni
Head - Diagnostics and Medical Technologies
Cipla Ltd
Philipp Nobel
Regional Director Systems Sales
Kardex Holding AG
Akshansh Chaudhary
Executive Director & Chief Technology Officer
Venus Remedies Limited
Arpan Suryawanshi
Global PM- Data Analytics Manufacturing
Roche Diagnostics
Marta Rodríguez
Quality Assurance
LETI Pharma
Devendra Ridhurkar
Founder and CEO
RidNova Pharmaceuticals
Roman Sen
Head of IT in Life Sciences
Innowise
Ernst Schranz
CEO
GRITEC AG
Jean-Noël Fehr
Senior Vice President, Partner
Helbling Technik Bern AG
Manne V Chowdary
CEO
AmpleLogic
Harald Schnidar
CEO
SCARLETRED Holding GmbH
Martin Mayer
Business Line Director for Digital Solutions
ZETA GmbH
Anton Neuber
CEO
handshake GesmbH
Jim Sulzberger
Director of CMC
Sapio Sciences
Bastian Baur
Global Head of Digitalization & IT at Adragos Pharma GmbH
Adragos Pharma GmbH
Helmut Stueber
Associate Partner
Automators GmbH
Marcos Gonzalez
Business development manager, Customer Care
I-care
Faidra Angelikaki
Group Quality Product and Process Validation Manager
COMPASSbyFAMAR
Nina Zehetmaier
Head of Sales
Securikett
Lars Westergaard Luxhoej
Sr Director
Novo Nordisk
Cédric Colon
Global Supply Chain Strategy Programme Management Global Process owner
GSK
Aliz Cser
Global Supply Chain Performance Management Senior Manager
Takeda
Joachim Bär
Director DevOps CellCulture
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co.KG
Elisa Pedone
Senior Research Scientist – Stem Cell Operations Lead
CellVoyant
Martin Riester
Director Center for Sustainable Production and Logistics
Fraunhofer Austria Research GmbH
Olivier Melis
Senior Director, BIS eCompliance
argenx
Karin Ben Ifa
Director, Global Artwork Strategy
Organon Austria GmbH
Erbin Lim
Engineering & Development Director
Pfizer
Charis Keramidas
GenAI Tech Lead
Pfizer
Franz Axenbeck
SVP Product Management
5Flow GmbH
Mark O’Connor
Inventory Analytics Manager
Takeda
Yolanda Cabrera-Sybesma
CEO
CiNTL Pharma B.V.
Fotini Kotsaki
CPV Officer
COMPASSbyFAMAR
Sherif El Hennawy
Co-founder & CPO
Mithryl
Konstantin Ivanov
Commercial Excellence and Operations Head, Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania, Greece
Astellas
Highlights of the programme
Programme-
2 DAYS BUSINESS PROGRAMME
20+ hours of networking
20+ hours of cases and discussion -
DISCUSSING THE COMPLETE RANGE OF PROCESSES
R&D → Manufacturing → Packaging → Supply chain
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STRATEGIC OPENING & CLOSING PANELS
Management discussion on key challenges and strategies for leveraging digital technologies
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AI-POWERED PHARMA
Showcasing best examples of AI usage and discussing questions connected to AI regulations
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PATIENT CENTRICITY THROUGH DIGITAL
Integrating patient-centric marketing, omnichannel approaches, and patient-focused product design
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R&D AND LAB AUTOMATION
Innovative drug development with AI-driven research and data analytics
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DIGITALISED MANUFACTURING
GMP-compliant digitalisation, AI-driven data analytics and eco-friendly practices for efficient production
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SMART PACKAGING, LABELING & SUPPLY CHAIN
Leveraging digital technologies for safety, automation, and anti-counterfeiting in pharma logistics
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DIGITAL EXCELLENCE IN REGULATORY & COMPLIANCE
Driving automation, AI, and data innovation across pharma oversight and traceability
Formats
All formatsWe strive to make the Congress actionable for our participants. We offer several different formats of participation in the AUTOMA+ to meet your company needs and objectives. Choose the most suitable format to achieve your business goals for automation and digitalisation in the pharmaceutical market, or request a customised package.
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